THE OFFICIAL CKLW RADIO 80 SURVEY: THIS WEEK 1964

CKLW SURVEY TOP 50 HITS COMPILED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

“THE CK GREAT EIGHT” * The Chartbusters * CKLW (No. 4) 06/16/64

“AS THEY SHOW ON EIGHT-O” * Jamie Coe * CKLW (No.15) 06/16/64

“READY TO GO ON EIGHT O” * Patty & The Emblems * CKLW (06/16/64)

“CK’S PLUS PLAYS” * Louis Armstrong * CKLW (06/16/64)

A CKLW RADIO 80 ‘CK SURVEY. AN RKO GENERAL STATION

CKLW SURVEY TOP 50 HITS COMPILED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

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WKNR DETROIT TOP 31 KEENER HITS: THIS WEEK IN 1968!

THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER * The Doors * WKNR (No. 05) 05/23/68

2 + 2 = * Bob Seger * WKNR (No. 12) 05/23/68

HERE COMES DA JUDGE * Buena Vistas * WKNR (No. 13) 05/23/68

I LOVE YOU * People * WKNR (No. 30) 05/23/68

(The May 23, 1968 WKNR Music Guide courtesy the John Freist Collection)

WXYZ 1270 DETROIT SOUND TOP 35! THIS WEEK IN 1966

WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 10 * Gary Lewis & The Playboys * WXYZ (5/16/66)

WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 24 * The Walker Brothers * WXYZ (5/16/66)

SPOTLIGHT SOUND OF THE WEEK * Shadows Of Knight * WXYZ (5/16/66)

THE CKLW ‘BIG 8′ MOTOR CITY TOP 30 HITS: MAY 7, ’68!

CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY

CKLW TOP 30 HITS * Hugo Montenegro * CKLW (No. 05) 05/07/68

CKLW TOP 30 HITS * Robert John * CKLW (No. 16) 05/07/68

CKLW TOP 30 HITS * Gene Pitney * CKLW (No. 30) 05/07/68

CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY

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NEARING THE END OF WKNR ERA: WEEK OF 03/13/1972

HEART OF GOLD * Neil Young * WKNR (No. 03) 03/13/72

DAY DREAMING * Aretha Franklin * WKNR (No. 09) 03/13/72

EVERYTHING GOOD IS BAD * 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) * WKNR (Hit Preview) 03/13/72

(WKNR Survey Guide courtesy the John Freist Collection)

A WKNR FOOTNOTE: Today, April 25, marks 43 years having passed since WKNR consigned itself to Detroit radio history. In the 1972 WKNR music guides, you’ll note the top 31 was no longer standard station play. Cut in half, the new WKNR playlist rotation, as this March 13 music survey indicates, would focus primarily on the top 15 singles listed for the week.

The WKNR playlist was also leaning more heavily into album oriented tracks as well. While listing their bottom 15 as “hit previews,” several of these song titles confirmed WKNR was also promoting selections from their top 10 ‘WKNR Albums,’ as listed on the back-side of the survey. Notice as well the moniker “Keener 13,” the station’s famous ID staple, was noticeably stricken from the WKNR vocabulary, likewise, in 1972.

By then priding itself as “Detroit’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Station,” this WKNR March 13, 1972 issue was published the week before the station’s very last music guide would go to print, the week of March 20, 1972. A month later WKNR signed-off the air, April 25, 1972.

WXYZ 1270 DETROIT SOUND TOP 35! THIS WEEK IN 1966

WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 8 * Terry Knight & The Pack * WXYZ (4/18/66)

WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 18 * Johnny Rivers * WXYZ (4/18/66)

WIXIE DETROIT SOUND No. 27 * Dave Clark Five * WXYZ (4/18/66)

WJBK 15 TOP 53 HITS IN DETROIT: ON THIS DAY IN 1964!

WJBK 1500 RECORD REVIEW WAS COMPILED BY RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY POPULARITY

WJBK DETROIT’S TOP 15: NUMBER 13 * The Wailers * WEEK OF 3/27/64

WJBK 1500 RECORD REVIEW WAS COMPILED BY RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY POPULARITY

ON THE WAY ON ‘JBK : NUMBER 40 * Shirley Matthews * WEEK OF 3/27/64

WJBK RADIO 15. 51 YEARS AGO

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WKNR KEENER 13 DETROIT TOP 31 HITS: MARCH 26, ’64!

SHANGRI LA * Vic Dana * WKNR (No. 05) 03/26/64

HELLO DOLLY * Louis Armstrong * WKNR (No. 12) 3/26/64

CKLW ‘BIG 8’ MOTOR CITY TOP 30 HITS! MARCH 20, ’72

M O T O R C I T Y R A D I O F L A S H B A C K S

CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY

CKLW TOP 30 HITS * America * CKLW (No. 02) 03/20/72

CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY

CKLW TOP 30 HITS * War * CKLW (No. 07) 03/20/72

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M O T O R C I T Y R A D I O F L A S H B A C K S

WJBK 15 TOP 45 HITS IN DETROIT: ON THIS DAY IN 1958!

WJBK TOP 45 HITS SURVEY COMPILED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

WJBK 1500 DETROIT FORMULA 45: NUMBER 05 * Four Preps * WEEK OF 3/10/58

WJBK TOP 45 HITS SURVEY COMPILED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

WJBK 1500 DETROIT FORMULA 45: NUMBER 21 * Mills Brothers * WEEK OF 3/10/58

WJBK. 57 YEARS AGO

MARCH 10, 1958

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